Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-11

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Shortly before o'clock Yesterday
morning . woman kBswn 70 the town
~ DAISY MyeF vas arrested on Pacific
sVenae- She bad been howiing In Q
drunken ears1sAl and the windows Of
she neiRhbogheod Of the ayenue and
Ninth street we're peopled With night
caps- She vas taken TO The house where
size lived-kept by Annie Walker on D
street.. This @oTain9 Der father. veil
TODD old farmer Of HillsbsFo, Oregon.
wss teiegraphed briefly. "MoIIie burned
10 death. come at oncs."
And, surrounded BY the women Of
the heGse With whom she has lived the
past foar years, the Rhastly body Of the
woman 10 being prepared for the arrival
Of the father, mot her and sisters, whom
she deserted more than ten years age TO
begin life leading 10 this end.
The body. ct this writing. lies IN the
front room Of the house apon q stretcheE,
the head done ~ In cotton. the liAbs
wrapped about by white cloth and tWo
men are struggling 10 ciothe the arms
and buss. which lay bare. even Of skin.
the flesh being literally roasted In the
sdioining room lies Annie Walker. the
proprietress Of the house, bedridden for
more than q year. Between her means
she tells how il happened.
annie came in about O'Clock this
| morning came 10 here to build the
ere. She vas dressed ia q loose
Mother Hubbard and q chinese, moth
ing more, only her stockings. She left
the door Of the stove open and turned
her back 10 the fire. In Q moment the
dress vas On fire. Ed. there, who il
sleeping on the lounge. sprang up and
tried to wrap . blanket around Der, but
she got away from him, jumping and
screaming a. though she vas mad. Il
lasted only q second. Her clothes were
burned TO the handful Of shFeds yoa
see in the corner. Ed. threw . bucket
Of water over her. bat il was too late.
She seemed to lose her mind at once.
for she picked at the skin that was
burned loose and paIlinR 10 OF by the
handsful, cried, Look st the rags that
are on mar We sent for Doctor Brown
at once and be came and covered her
With oil and gave her ether. Bot they
say she's dead-shey say 50, bat don't
believe it,"
That vas because she oouId net see
the body. In q little room between
that Of the dead and that Of the sick
lay Ed. Kennedy, Annie Walkers hus-
band. He vas asleep, bis hand done up
IN bandages, for he was badly barned in
his Efforts 10 hold the woman.
Mollie Flippen. the dead woman, will
be remembered a. one of the three
women connected with the murder Of
the man Brown in q house Of i'll fame
kept by Carrie Bradley in Portland
about five years ago. The murder was
the sensation of the day. Brown was
q FaneheF, who dFifted 70 Portland with
considerable money in his pocket. In
PoFtIasd be dEifted 10 Carrie Bradley's,
where il vas soon discovered that be
bad E" q roll" 10 the drink that flowed
freely be was dosed with drugs that
soon rendered him unconscious. Then
followed q wild oroie over his body,
which vas supposed by the three half
drunken women 10 be merely unoon-
scious. He was stripped, his clothes
rifed Of everything they contained OF
value, and the women danced drunk
en can-can over him as he lay on the
floor.
In the morBing, however, il was dis
covered that be was not sleeping bat
dead. The women then procured box
in which they put the body, and bid it
under the house for several days. Final |
~ they hired hsekman to take il TO
the river and throw il in. A few days
| after the feet Of q human being we're |
discovered above the surface OF the |
river, and the murdered man vas tax n |
ont. Then followed the search and the |
arrest Of Carrie Bradley. Dollie Adams |
and Mollie Flippen. the latter Of whom |
turned States evidence, and Carrie |
Bradley alone VAS convicted. She was
sentenced to IL years in the Oregon |
Penitsntiary. She served but fraction |
Of that time, being pardOned out by
Governor Moody. She is said to be sick
and dying ia San Francisco.
Mollie Flippen came to Tacoma short
iy after and has ever since been in the
house where she died at noon yesterday
She was 8 large woman, 81 splendid
proportions. She has lived q riOtous
life always, full OF wild revsls. Her
father. mother and sisters are respecta-
ole people as stated, living at Hillsbero.
The parents are expected to arrive on
this evenings train to take the remains
OF their proaiRsl home for burial.
| LrrTLR WRECK.
The morning freight on the Northern
p, eife Railroad going south struck q
snAg q few miles out Of Tacoma this
morning and the engine was aitched.
necessitstinR q delay Of the passenger
train for about two hours, and the
freight followed With 3 new engine an
hour later. Al a switch running to a
side track. large stone had been placed,
by what means Is not known, and the
engine iump ped the track and vas thrown
of IL was promptly stopped before
any OF the oars eft the track. Nobody
vas hurt, bot the track was thoroughly
blocked. The siding was shoTed over
sHd few rails laid, and by this means
the passenger aud freight subsequently
vent round the blockade. The engine
was put back on the track daring the
day BY means OF jack screws.
II COURT.
In the court yesterday, Ralph, the
breaker Of Gross Bros window, vas
given q two years and six months reeu
lar business engagement at Seateo, sub
ject TO transfer to Waila Waila, and
jennings, the OhilbeER 4 MscFeady
burglar, was given six years Of the same
sort of thing. Hanlon and Harris, in
dicted With Jennings for this crime,
we're found not guilty.
Antoine Tozsr, convicted Of adultery,
Was ined SIS and costs
| Barker. the convict who attempted 20
escape 10 q boat from McNsars Island,
and vas tried for trying TO steal the
boat, vas found not guilty, the iary
concluding that he was merely on .
legitimate search for liberty.
The parties charged With Earring and
fesfheFina Charles StsrkGeath we're
arraigned aud plead not guilty and will
prohabiy Be tired today. To the two,
Glenfield and Matthews, Who were
arrested on tuesday. others have been
added for oompliclty in the outrage.
They are Charles Taylor. Jas. Watson,
Charles Seymour, Peter Vessel and
George Fitzgerald. Warrants vere cot
fer John MeArthur and Walter Bur
dstte, bat the officers failed 10 md then.
| The following real estate transfers
we're recorded in the Auditors Office
yesterday:
Charles II. Williams and wife so
Rontuoas Nix. Ist 8 in block 2, Croe-
kssI's addition 10 Payall1p, considera
ton, $500.
Patrick Joyce 10 Chas. K. Corey, lsts
| : and q IN block 23i3 Reeds addition